For those of us who cannot affored to travel to the United States for private health care are left with only one choice, the government’s health care. And when you only have one choice, you really have no choice whatsoever.
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Let’s dissect this notion as it...
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It didn’t end up snowing in September, which is great. Not that the weather has been so great in London for the past week, but at least it didn’t snow.
The funny thing is that today I pulled on my layered clothing (undershirts, long trousers and and a sweater) and went outside and thought “The...
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This is a long-form response to this discussion on Metafilter (since I don’t want to sign in to yet another website this AM)
At 5:30AM August 22nd 2007, after a couple weeks of selling and giving away our stuff, and loading a trailer over the past two days we thought that it would take us...
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On Monday I posted that I would contact the local candidates in the Canadian Federal Election; Daniel McNeail responded on Monday (about an hour after I emailed him)
Irene Mathyssen responded today:
Dear Kevin,
Thank you very much for emailing. I appreciate constituents taking the time to contact me about the issues important to them. As the...
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This is my election district: London-Fanshawe; Londoners might refer to the majority of it as “The Scary East End” or som variation of it. When I first came to London, I might have agreeed, having toured it while looking for a new home. I settled here mostly out of necessity but have been constantly...
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If the “Near Dead Heat” election in the US can teach Non-Tory politicians anything, it’s that the facts don’t really matter to the electorate. Anyone with a bit of sense can look at John McCain and say “cor, he looks old and he sounds a whole hell of a lot like Pres. Bush, I...
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The US economy is tanking; there is no doubt about it. So why is the Canadian Dollar losing value against the greenback?
At 8:05 a.m. EDT, the Canadian unit was at C$1.0767 to the U.S. dollar, or 92.88 U.S. cents, down from C$1.0686 to the U.S. dollar, or 93.58 U.S. cents, at Tuesday’s...
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Exciting, being a relative term. What makes me get all lathered up in anticipation may not exactly turn your dials to eleven. In this case it’s the prospect that Steven Harper gets out the Trash Talk Thesaurus and lays it on the table in front of him, looking for synonyms of pansy.
“He is certainly...
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“What is a car pool?” he asked organizers, who enlightened him. “Oh, that’s good. I’m never alone in my car.”
–Stephan Dion, stumped by the concept. This IS 2008, the concept has been around for about 40 years. Where has Celine been living all this time?
As I’ve said before Celine Dion is going to drag...
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Some days, when I’m not writing about Miniature Popes and Singing Peas I look at the Google News Page for inspiration; I’d like to write more about Canadian Politics but it’s far too dull and I simly can’t get excited about it.
For Example: Dion sensing mood for an election
I hoped initially that this was...
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